Is it possible to change the "back button" arrow in iDVD5?

I would rather have a different icon than the same arrow that's always been used for the back button on the idvd menu options. Do I need to get a different program to make my DVD menu's look less like it was obviously made in idvd?

Yes, it is possible to change the arrow in iDVD but it takes a lot of work.
1) Chose the theme you want to use. (I will demonstrate with the theater theme)
2) In Finder go to your applications folder then right or ctrl click on iDVD. You should have a window like this click on the Show Package Contents button like this http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c261/Matt_Skorina/Picture3.png. You should be in another window with one folder in it called Contents. Go through that folder then click on the folder called Resources. This should be a big folder, scroll down it to where the themes are. Right or ctrl click on the theme you will be using like this http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c261/Matt_Skorina/Picture2.png. You should again be in a window with only a folder called Contents, go through this. Then go through the Resources folder. Now go through the BackButton.Media.pox folder near the top. Again go through the Contents folder. Then go through the Material folder. You need to leave this window open. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c261/Matt_Skorina/Picture4.png
3) Go back to the window that you chose your theme in. You should duplicate your theme and put it somewhere else.
4) You first need to create two of your own arrow images. One of the arrows will be for when you select it on the dvd the other will be when you don't select it. The size of the images does not matter but the arrows need to be the same size. Also there can't be any background like white. I would recommend using a program like photoshop for this. You need to save the images as .tiff (I am using an image that I found on the internet)
5) In the Material folder you will see to documents. The one called 557BE9DA-09B4-11D7-925B-00039343AC9A is the image of the arrow when you don't select it. The document called 557C2F14-09B4-11D7-925B-00039343AC9A is the arrow when you do select it. Delete these files.
6) Put your two .tiff arrows you made into the Material folder. Copy and paste the file 557BE9DA-09B4-11D7-925B-00039343AC9A into the file when you don't select the arrow. Copy and paste 557C2F14-09B4-11D7-925B-00039343AC9A into the file where you select the arrow.
7) Open iDVD and load your project in the theme that you have modified.
Here are what it looks like for my images.
When not selecting arrow.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c261/Matt_Skorina/Picture5.png
When selecting the arrow.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c261/Matt_Skorina/Picture6.png
This is not esay. Make sure you back up the theme you change.
Hope this helps,
Matt Skorina

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